Denver building implosion to bring road closures Saturday morning

By Elizabeth Hernandez (The Denver Post)

A view of demolition and development work at the intersection of East Ninth Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in Denver, July 31, 2015. A building implosion will require several detours in the area Saturday, August 29, 2015. (Barry Osborne, The Denver Post)

A Denver building scheduled for a Saturday morning implosion will shut down Colorado Boulevard with several detours in place.

The old eight-story Biomedical Research Building at East Ninth Avenue and Colorado Boulevard will be demolished at 8 a.m. Saturday, triggering up to nine hours of road closures.

Colorado Boulevard and streets surrounding the building will be closed starting at 3 a.m. Saturday and likely won’t reopen until noon. Authorities handling the event are asking the public to stay home and watch the collapse on the news.